About the Maple Leafs - 01-23-13
A preview of the Rangers.
When and where: 7 p.m. EST. Consol Energy Center.
TV: Root Sports, TSN, RDS2.
Record: 1-1-0, 2 points. The Maple Leafs are in eighth place in the Eastern Conference and fourth place in the Northeast Division.
Leading Scorer: Nazem Kadri (right), 2 points (2 goals, 0 assists).
Last Game: 2-1 home loss to the Sabres, Monday. Ben Scrivens made 20 saves for the Maple Leafs.
Last Game against the Penguins: 3-2 road loss, March 7, 2012. Pascal Dupuis had two goals and an assist for the Penguins.
Maple Leafs Player We Would Bet Money On Scoring: Clarke MacArthur. He has scored in six consecutive games against the Penguins.
Ex-Penguins on the Maple Leafs : Randy Carlyle, head coach.
Ex-Maple Leafs on the Penguins: None.
Useless Maple Leafs Trivia Vaguely Related to the Penguins: Former Penguins defenseman Tim Horton holds the Maple Leafs' record for consecutive games played at 468.
Best Maple Leafs Video We Could Find: Toronto's Joffrey Lupul is popular in Nashville:
Probable goaltenders: Marc-Andre Fleury (1-0-0, 1.00 GAA, .963 SV% in 2011-12) for the Penguins. James Reimer (14-14-4, 3.10 GAA, .900 SV% in 2011-12) for the Maple Leafs.
Injuries: For the Penguins, they are reporting no injuries. For the Maple Leafs, defenseman Jake Gardiner (head/neck) is questinable.
Potential lines and defensive pairings: The Penguins lines and defensive pairings at today's morning skate:
Chris Kunitz - Sidney Crosby - Pascal Dupuis
Eric Tangradi - Evgeni Malkin - James Neal
Matt Cooke - Brandon Sutter - Tyler Kennedy
Tanner Glass - Joe Vitale - Craig Adams
Matt Niskanen - Kris Letang
Brooks Orpik - Paul Martin
Simon Despres - Deryk Engelland
-The Maple Leafs' expected lines and defensive pairings are:
Clarke MacArthur - Tyler Bozak - Phil Kessel
Joffrey Lupul - Nazem Kadri - Leo Momarov
James van Riemsdyk - Mikhail Grabovski - Nikolai Kulemin
Colton Orr - Jay McClement - Mike Brown
Dion Phaneuf - Michael Kostka
John-Michael Liles - Cody Franson
Carl Gunnarsson - Mike Komisarek
Notes:
-The last time the Penguins played the Maple Leafs, the "Rich Pilon" statue was unveiled:
-Marc-Andre Fleury has 22 career shutouts. He needs one more to surpass goaltender Tom Barrasso for most in franchise history.
-Crosby has 610 career points. He needs four more to surpass Ron Francis (613) for fourth-most in franchise history.
-Engelland has 198 career penalty minutes.
-The Penguins have a 23-12-9 record all-time in home openers.
-van Riemsdyk has 99 career points.
-Phaneuf has 97 career goals.
-Our live blog, direct from Consol Energy Center, begins at approximately 6 p.m. Please tune in.
(Photo: Kadri-Richard Wolowicz/Getty Images)